Trial reportPloS one2016
Effects of a Family-Based Childhood Obesity Treatment Program on Parental Weight Status.
Trial report in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00928473 (The Danish Childhood Obesity Biobank), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Danish Childhood Obesity Biobank
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to Treat Obesity in Mexican Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrition reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Family support and motivational factors in weight loss among children and adolescents-a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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- The NEW Keiki Program Reduces BMI z-scores Among Overweight and Obese Children and BMI Among Their Adult Caregivers in Hawai'i.Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare · 2020Article
- Role of Parents in Body Mass Reduction in Children with Obesity-Adherence and Success of 1-Year Participation in an Intervention Program.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Article
- Protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility study of a coordinated parent/child weight loss intervention: Dyad Plus.Translational journal of the American College of Sports Medicine · 2020Article
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- Preserving Cardiovascular Health in Young Children: Beginning Healthier by Starting Earlier.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2018Review
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of overweight/obesity among parents of children entering childhood obesity treatment and to evaluate changes in the parents' weight statuses during their child's treatment.
methodsThe study included parents of 1,125 children and adolescents aged 3-22 years, who were enrolled in a multidisciplinary childhood obesity treatment program. At baseline, weight and height of the parents were obtained by self-reported information and parental body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Weight and height of the children were measured in the clinic and BMI standard deviation scores were calculated. Furthermore, anthropometric data from parents of 664 children were obtained by telephone interview after a mean of 2.5 years of treatment (ranging 16 days to 7 years), and changes in parental BMI were analyzed.
resultsData on changes in BMI were available in 606 mothers and 479 fathers. At baseline, the median BMI of the mothers was 28.1 kg/m2 (range: 16.9-66.6), and the median BMI of the fathers was 28.9 kg/m2 (range: 17.2-48.1). Seventy percent of the mothers and 80% of the fathers were overweight or obese at the time of their child's treatment initiation. Both the mothers and fathers lost weight during their child's treatment with a mean decrease in BMI in the mothers of 0.5 (95% CI: 0.2-0.8, p = 0.0006) and in the fathers of 0.4 (95% CI: 0.2-0.6, p = 0.0007). Of the overweight/obese parents, 60% of the mothers and 58% of the fathers lost weight during their child's treatment.
conclusionThere is a high prevalence of overweight/obesity among parents of children entering childhood obesity treatment. Family-based childhood obesity treatment with a focus on the child has a positive effect on parental BMI with both mothers and fathers losing weight.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT00928473.
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